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Airborne Ranger

Microprose · Atari · 2022-12-19

SteamGOG

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 1987 (Commodore C64/128/MAX), 1989 (Amiga), 1988 (ZX Spectrum), 1988 (DOS), 1988 (Amstrad CPC), 1989 (Atari ST/STE)

This ground-breaking classic introduced a new level of tactical thinking and action combat gameplay to computer gaming. Airborne Ranger takes you on 12 desperate missions across 3 different regions of the world as you are dropped behind enemy lines to perform a variety of dangerous missions

Airborne Ranger is a 2022 Action, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $1.49, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 16 reviews).

0
playing now
63%
positive of 16 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Airborne Ranger is an action game developed and published by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987 and the Amstrad CPC and IBM PC compatibles in 1988. Ports to the Amiga and Atari ST by Imagitec Design were released in 1989. A sole U.S. Army Ranger is sent to infiltrate the enemy territory to complete various objectives. The game was followed by Special Forces in 1991.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 84% of 28,012 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 58 of 96 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220222026Week of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492022-12-192026-10-152022-12-19 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-09-18 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-02-05 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-04-11 — best price $7.992024-06-06 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-25 — best price $2.492024-11-05 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $1.992025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-03-21 — best price $2.992025-05-16 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-22 — best price $1.492025-10-07 — best price $1.992025-10-31 — best price $7.992025-11-25 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-28 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-04-03 — best price $9.992026-05-19 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $1.492026-09-03 — best price $1.492026-09-08 — best price $1.492026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $1.492026-10-03 — best price $1.492026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2742026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-07 — 16 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-08 — 13 pageviews2026-09-12 — 16 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 24 pageviews2026-09-24 — 22 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D1980sActionAmericaWargameMilitaryStrategyTop-DownIsometricHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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